Changes in Cardiovascular Health Status and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cardiovascular health (CVH) status is associated with several cardiovascular outcomes; however, correlations between changes in CVH status and risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) are unknown. We aimed to evaluate associations between changes in CVH status and risk of SCD and all-cause death in older adults.

Materials and methods

We used data from the Korea National Health Insurance Service-Senior cohort database (2005-2012). Six metrics from the American Heart Association (smoking, body mass index, physical activity, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose) were used to calculate CVH scores. Changes in CVH status between two health checkups were categorized as low to low, low to high, high to low, and high to high.

Results

We included 10520

SUBMITTER: Kim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007437 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature